Southern Express Co. v. Williams
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Ross. City court of Macon. December term, 1895. J. H. & "W. W. Williams sued the Southern Express Company, a common carrier, for $185, the value of a diamond ring and scarf pin. Tbe charge of the court was a virtual direction to find for the plaintiffs the proved value of the property; and the defendant’s motion for a new trial was overruled.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Ross. City court of Macon. December term, 1895. J. H. & "W. W. Williams sued the Southern Express Company, a common carrier, for $185, the value of a diamond ring and scarf pin. Tbe charge of the court was a virtual direction to find for the plaintiffs the proved value of the property; and the defendant’s motion for a new trial was overruled. The evidence shows, that the plaintiffs, who were in the jewelry business in Macon, received an order for the goods, purporting to come from Swainsboro, and signed by J. C. Coleman. They had had no previous dealings with…
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, Justice.
The obligation assumed by the express company in accepting for transportation the goods of the consignor was to deliver the goods to the consignee at the point of destination in accordance with the contract of shipment. The duty imposed by this undertaking was well performed when the company delivered the goods either to the *488consignee, or to his duly appointed agent, either at the point of destination, or at an intermediate point at which the consignee was willing to accept delivery. The carrier is not at all events bound to deliver at the place designated in the bill of…
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